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SoutHeRn MAnuScRipt SeRMonS BefoRe 1800
1044. D____, EARL. (NC?; Denom. Unknown;)
“[There Remaineth therefore a rest to the People of God.]” [] 36pp. [Acc. No. 966x]
Repository: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (Southern
Historical Collection)
Bib. Ref.: Heb. 4. 9. There Remaineth therefore a rest to the People of God.
Commentary: The sermon is written using a long “s” and may be pre-1800. It
evidently was sent to William Pettigrew Esqr.
Keywords: God, people of;
1045. ELLINGTON, EDWARD. (SC; Epis.; [?]-1795; lic. 1767?)
“[Go ye therefore & teach all nations.]” [1772] 6pp. [Acc. No. 985]
Repository: American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA
Bib. Ref.: Matthew 28.19. Go ye therefore & teach all nations, baptizg ym [them] in
ye name of ye Father, & of ye Son, and of ye H.G.
Commentary: The sermon is signed “Revd Edward Ellington D.D. of South Caro.”
The sermon is on microfilm. The manuscript is located in Box 1, Folder 28 of the
Sermon Collection 1640-1875 of the American Antiquarian Society. See also Weis,
The Colonial Clergy of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, p. 76.
Keywords: Baptism;
1046. FARMER, FERDINAND. (PA; Cath.; 1720-1786; in PA 1752-1786)
“[On purgatory.]” [1782] 8pp. [Acc. No. 457]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (University Archives)
Bib. Ref.: “Miseremini mei, miseremini mei, saltem vos amici mei, quia manus
Domini tetigit me. Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends,
because the hand of the Lord has touched me. Job XIX” [19, 21].
Commentary: Notes at the end read “Lancast. 1782 Donegal 1783.” And, in
an unidentified hand, “nov. 1787 conewago maccalester york.” There is a one
sentence insertion in German. Farmer, a native of Germany, was a Jesuit until the
suppression in 1773. He served in Pennsylvania from 1752 until his death. His
sermon is included to help fill out the Georgetown collection. While many of the
Jesuits traveled to preach in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, it is not known
if Farmer did so.
1047. FARRAR, JAMES. (MD; Cath.; 1707-1763; in MD 1734-1747)
“[On Communion.]” [1744] 16pp. [Acc. No. 236]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Maryland Province Archives)
Bib. Ref.: “Et coeperunt simul omnes excusare Luc: 14.16 They began all at once to
excuse themselves” [14, 18].
Commentary: A note at the head of the sermon reads “Sunday infra Oct: Corp:
Christ: May 27. 1744.” Only the text, the note at the head, and two thirds of page 7
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